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Christianity Etc › Re: "Why Has God Not Solved My Problems, If Indeed He Is Able?" by sprayer(op): 9:39am On Jan 07, 2014

No matter what you are going through, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE for God to do in bringing an everlasting solution to your mountain of problems!

The name, Jesus Christ, is a mighty name at which every demon and evil entities must bow and succumb when the name is pronounced.

Cast your burden unto Jesus today, he is waiting and willing to help you. Trust him to take you into your promised land full of flowing milk and honey, your very own Canaanland, your place of GLORY.

This new year, 2014, is loaded with so much blessings, goodies and bounty for those who can tap into the endless resources of God in the Heavenly places. Why not harness such a grace today?

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Christianity Etc › Re: The Enigma Called 'Cele' by sprayer(op): 5:29pm On Apr 22, 2013

Here is the final part of the ongoing three part post (1st and 2nd parts posted above) from a website I found by chance on the Internet which talks exhaustively about the 'Enigma called CELE'.

Author of this copied article is Afe Adogame, 1998.

Link to original article website: http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/mjr/adogame.html

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This is believed to be modelled and based on the Celestial City above which contains many 'apartments or mansions' (Cf. John 14: 12). "As we have so many apartments to serve various purposes in the 'Celestial City below', so we have in the 'Celestial City above', called Paradise" (Okunlola, p. 17). It has become an extension of "heaven on earth" where members throng to seek spiritual power, healing, security and answers to their various existential problems12.

It has been shown in this paper that Yoruba cosmology influenced the CCC in the construction and shaping of their sacred space. Both worldviews share the belief in the reality of benevolent and malevolent paranormal forces. The attitudes towards these forces remain essentially the same. What has changed in the case of the CCC is the transformation of what constitutes the benevolent powers on the one hand, and the medium of control of the evil forces on the other. CCC gains access to heaven through prayers, prophecy, visions and dreams, and elaborate rituals within the various sacred space as opposed to divination and sacrifice in Yoruba cultural matrix. Through the performative force of ritual speech and action, the benevolent powers are invoked and attracted to protect members against the machinations of the malevolent forces bent on visiting havoc on human beings. Thus, a bridge is built linking members with the benevolent powers while barricades are constructed to ward off the malevolent forces from their sacred space and from contact with members.

References

Abimbola Wande, "Ifa: A West African Cosmological System", in Blakely T.D., et al (ed.) Religion in Africa: Experience and Expression, London: James Curry, 1994. pp. 101-116.

--- --- Ifa: An Exposition of Ifa Literary Corpus, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, 1976.

A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Celestial Church of Christ Constitution, The Board of Trustees for the Pastor-in-Council, 1980.

Celestial Eye: A Decade of Pastoral Leadership, Lagos 1996.

Celestial Church of Christ Pastoral Council Orders, April 12, 1979.

Celestial Church of Christ Order of Service, CCC International Headquarters, Ketu-Lagos. Revised edition, Jan. 1995.

Hallgren R., The Vital Force: A Study of Ase in the Traditional and Neo-traditional Culture of the Yoruba People, Sweden: Lund Studies in African and Asian Religions, Volume 10, 1995.

--- --- The Good Things in Life: A Study of the Traditional religious culture of the Yoruba People, Hallgren & Bokförlaget Plus Extra, Löberöd 1988.

Karade Baba Ifa, The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts, York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1994.

Lawuyi O.B & Olupona J.K, "Metaphoric Associations and the Conception of Death: Analysis of a Yoruba World view", in Journal of Religion in Africa, XVIII, 1, 1988. pp. 1-14.

Neimark, P.J., Die Kraft der Orischa: Traditionen und Rituale afrikanischer Spiritualität, O.W. Barth Verlag, 1996.

Odeyemi S.O, The Spiritual Foundation of Celestial Church of Christ, Pastoral Publication, Femyet Outreach Publ. Co., 1996.

--- --- Celestial Culture, Femyet Outreach Publ. Co., 1993.

--- --- The Spiritual Heritage of Celestial Church of Christ, Femyet Outreach Publ. Co., 1993.

--- --- The Coming of Oshoffa and the Birth of Celestial Church of Christ, Lagos 1992.

Okunlola D.O, Celestial City and Imeko Dynasty, Lagos 1995.

--- --- Celestial Church of Christ - Last Vessel for Salvation, Lagos: Bengo Comm. Printers, 1986.

Olayiwola D.O, "Tradition and Transformation: The Impact of Aladura Christianity in Western Nigeria", in Africana Marburgensia, Special Issue 15, 1994. pp. 111-121.

-- -- "Celestial Aladura Christianity in the Yoruba Religio-Cultural matrix", in Christopher Steed & David Westerlund, The Triple Religious Heritage of Nigeria, Uppsala 1995. pp. 53-66.

Olupona J.K. (ed.), African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society, New York: Paragon House, 1991.

Orin Isipaya Mimi ti Celestial Church of Christ (Ijo Mimo ti Kristi Lati Orun Wa), Yoruba & English (Combined Version), CCC International Headquarters, Ketu-Lagos. n.d.

Ray C. Benjamin, "Aladura Christianity: A Yoruba Religion", in Journal of Religion in Africa XXIII, 3 ,1993. pp. 264-291.

--- ---, African Religions: Symbol, Ritual, and Community, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1976.

NOTES:
1 We must note here that Yoruba people do not make a any strict distinction between sacred and profane domains as both are seen to be intricately intertwined. «

2 The concept of "vessel" is known within Buddhism - yana being a vehicle, vessel, raft, boat or ship that conveys people across the sea of life. However, its description of the "ship or vessel" as "last" makes it new and different from the sense in which it is understood from within the Buddhist tradition. «

3 The other-worldly salvific goal is very well summarized in Y.H.N. 176 verse 2 (E.V. 15) which renders as: Igbala ikehin na ti de / Kristi Jesu yio pada wa / Lati wa se 'dajo aiye (The last period is approaching / Christ Jesus will surely return / To give judgement to all the world). The millenarian nuance expressed at the end of Oschoffa's vision is also reflected here. Cf. also Y.H.N. 668 verse 2 (E.V. 21 verse 2) which points out that: Agogo kehin fere dun / Ti gbogbo aiye yio pe jo / Ta o pin fun Olukuluku / Gege bi ise owo re (Time to sound last bell draweth near / That the whole world will congregate / To be paid compensations / According to works of their hands) «

4 See S.O. Odeyemi, The Coming of Oshoffa and the Birth of Celestial Church of Christ, Lagos 1992. Pp. 136-137. This view was also expressed during my interview with him at his official residential quarters at the University of Lagos on August 27, 1996. He is a Senior Evangelist, and the Co-ordinator of CCC Central Bible Fellowship and Youth Programme. He is also a Professor of Chemistry and currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), University of Lagos. «

5 During the early part of the service, the playing of all musical instruments with the exception of the organ is disallowed. This period which the Oluso agutan enters into the inner altar epitomizes also the activation of the 'heavenly host'. «

6 The hymn for 'lighting candles' is rendered as: Yah rah Sarah, Yah Rah Samahtah (2ce) / E tan fitila, Mimo lat' orun wa (2ce), in English: Yarah Rah Sarah, Yah Rah Samahtah (2ce) / Kindle the lightDivine from Heaven above (2ce) (Y.H.N. 2 / E.V. 2). Y.H.N. 3 / E.V. 3 is sung in a kneeling posture calling members to worship: Yah rah man, Hi Yah rah man / Yah rah man / Yahman / Yah rah man / Wa kalo s'odo Oluwa, and in English as: Yah Raman Hi Yah Raman / Yah Raman Yah Rah Yah Raman / Oh come unto the Lord. The Yoruba hymns above each begins with phrases in esoteric language and ends with their meaning in Yoruba and in English versions respectively. For details on the origin and injunctions about Call to worship, See Celestial Church of Christ Constitution, ibid., p. 25. «

7 The injunctions about praises facing the four corners of the earth were claimed to have been revealed through one Joseph Awangonu (Baba Martha). He claimed that he saw "a church without walls or roof but apparently with four entrances in the four cardinal directions, and as a bell rang, he saw people of all races running into the church from the four corners of the earth " ( ibid. p. 26) «

8 Olayiwola described this elsewhere as "spiritual incubation". See his treatment of this feature in Christopher Steed & David Westerlund, (ed.) The Triple Religious Heritage of Nigeria, Uppsala 1995. p. 59. «

9 I have observed during my field work that in big towns or cities often characterized by congestion, dearth of parking lots, armed robbery, theft, burglary, and general insecurity to lives and property, some members prefer to park their motor vehicles within church premises, the "heavenly" vicinity believing that as sacred barriers to the 'world', burglars and car snatchers cannot have access to them.
10 See CCC Constitution, ibid., pp. 31-32. «

11 In my personal interview with Olatunji Akande, Senior Evangelist and Personal Secretary to the Pastor (at the CCC International Headquarters, Ketu-Lagos on September 17, 1996) he points out the import and symbolism of this sacred place when he remarked that "the mere mention of the name 'Celestial City' reminds us (Celestians) that we have no permanent place in this world as such, we must be up and doing in our journey to the 'Celestial City above'. «

12 I witnessed the 10th Remembrance Anniversary Memorial service of the Late Pastor Founder S.B.J. Oschoffa held at the Celestial City in October 1995. Here the church authority gave a stern warning to members who were engaged in the removal of terra cotta tiles and beach sand from Oschoffa's mausoleum to desist from such attitudes. Such members believe that such objects removed from this sacred ground were charged with potency capable of protecting, curing or healing them.

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So now, any change of opinion?

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Christianity Etc › Re: The Enigma Called 'Cele' by sprayer(op): 5:20pm On Apr 22, 2013

Here is the second part of the preceding post (see first part above)

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To establish and maintain contact with these 'heavenly' benevolent powers require a congenial ritual atmosphere. CCC gain access to heaven through prayer and rituals within the sanctified space of the church building called Ile Esin (Home of Worship) / Ile Adura (Home of Prayer); Ile Aanu (Mercyland); and the Celestial City, their 'New Jerusalem'.

CCC members believe that the malevolent forces could 'contaminate' the sacred space if it is not spiritually fortified and protected. In a sense, CCC could be seen as a church engaged in perpetual 'spiritual war' against satan, witches, wizards and sorcerers.

... Jesu Kristi Olugbala ... Jesus Christ our Saviour
Gba wa logun ajakaiye ... Defend us from earthly wars ...
Ran Maleka re sokale Send down the heavenly hosts
Ka le bori Esu laiye That we might Satan vanquish
(Y.H.N. 156 / E.V. 14)

They believe in the efficacy of their rituals as more than capable of dealing with this enigma. To therefore debar ajoguns, aje, oso and other malicious spirits from gaining access into their sacred vicinity, various forms of spiritual protection such as the sprinkling of 'holy' water, fumigation of incense, use of lighted candles, jingling of bells, intermittent rendition of Halleluyah and spiritual songs were employed to put them on their heels. Orin Isipaya Mimo (CCC Spiritual Hymn Book) provides a whole array of hymns which eulogizes the cogency of the church against these paranormal agents. They claim to have successfully barricaded the evil spirits from their sacred space and members have been rescued from fear of attack.

Mo bo lowo aiye ibi yi I'm freed from Evil World (3ce)
Mo bo lowo idamu I'm freed from confusion
A ti bo lowo gbogbo aje We're freed from all witches
A ti bo lowo gbogbo oso We're freed from all wizards
A ti bo lowo gbogbo oso We're freed from all sorcerers
(Y.H.N. * author's translation / E.V. 56)

E yin Kabiyesi, Olorun Alagbara Hail the Majesty, the Lord Almighty
E yin Kabiyesi, Oba awon Oba Hail the majesty King of all Kings..
Ti oso ba gberaga, ida Re yio parun ...If a wizard show off His sword will destroy him
Ti aje ba gberaga, ida Re yio pa won run ...If the witches show off His sword will destroy them
(Y.H.N. * author's translation / E.V. 67)

...Ajagun segun ode Oru Almighty conqueror in Heaven
E sokale ninu iponju wa Descend in all tribulations
Angeli Oluwa, E sokale ni mimo julo Angels of the Lord descend in all perfect holiness
Awon oso, awon aje All the wizards and the witches
Awon onisegun, olorisa won yi wa ka All herbalists and all heathens, they surround us
Angeli Oluwa, E sokale ninu iponju wa... Angels of the Lord, descend in all our tribulations
(Y.H.N. 459 / E.V. 149)

A ti te won mole, ati bori won We have conquered satan, we have over-come...
Esu ko ni agbara lori Ijo Mimo Satan has no power over Celestial
A ti te aje mole, ati bori won We have conquered witches, we have over-come...
Aje ko ni agbara lori Ijo Mimo Witches have no power over Celestial
A ti te oso mole, ati bori won We have conquered wizards, we have over-come...
Oso ko ni agbara lori Ijo Mimo Wizards have no power over Celestial
(Y.H.N. 452 / E.V. 135)

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As a result of the performative force believed to be behind the rituals, such songs are rendered during most rites such as consecration of a new house, motor vehicle, laying of foundation of a house, marriage, to prevent them from these malicious forces and to render such endeavours effective. Just as the evil spirits are believed to be terrified by the ritual symbols, the cruficix symbol placed diagonally on each entrance during worship poses both a natural and sacred barricade between the "heavenly" space on earth and any unwanted human or agent provocateur from the malevolent spiritual plane of the 'outside world'. It is a symbol of marginality dividing the sacred and profane domains. Thus, by chasing out and keeping the malevolent forces at arm's length, CCC members are able to coerce and manipulate them.

The Ile Esin / Ile Adura (House of Worship / House of Prayer) is open to members at any time of the day throughout the year. Different categories of services such as the Sunday, Wednesday and Friday Services are held weekly. Evening services are also held within these days, while morning services are held daily throughout the year. All the other services such as New Moon (Thursday Service), Naming, Marriage, Foundation Laying, Baptism, Pregnant Women, Barren Women, Amissa, Washing of feet and Holy Communion etc. fall within these days.

In all services, members are expected to wear Aso Emi (cloth of the spirit or spiritual garment), their white sutana or tunic which symbolizes purity. They believe that the sutana as a symbol of purity keeps the 'powers of darkness' away from those who put them on. Shoes are not to be worn into the Ile Esin and at all times the white sutana is worn both within and outside the church precinct. Sanctification of the church building and other ritual spaces is carried out prior to the commencement of any ritual. Candlesticks are lit at strategic locations, incense is fumigated within the premises, and 'holy water' is sprinkled in all nooks and corners of the space and on all participants. The procession into the church begins after prayers have been offered by the service conductor at the church entrance. Procession into the church is always associated with burning of incense while inviting the 'heavenly host' into their midst through the traditional entrêe song:

Jerih mo yah mah Jerih Moh Yamah
Jerih mo yah mah Jerih Moh Yamah
Awon Angeli kun f'ayo lorun The host of angels full of joy in heaven
Awon Angeli, Awon Angeli The host of angels, the host of angels
Won nf'orin ayo yin Baba lorun They are praising God with joyful songs in heaven
(Y.H.N. 1 / E.V. 1).

Each member is required to perform a purificatory ritual by touching the 'holy' water stoups hung at the door entrance and sprinkle it on him/herself or make a symbolic 'sign of the Cross' on his/her forehead as he/she enters the nave of the church. A tall wooden crucifix is placed diagonally on each of the entrance door after all have entered. When this is done, nobody is allowed to gain entrance until after some stages within the service5. This is expected to curtail human and spiritual traffic entering and going out of the church. It is believed that Satan and the evil forces are terrified upon sighting this symbol and as such cannot venture near the sacred space. The hymn for lighting candles at the altar and for call to worship6 are sung respectively followed by the ringing of bell three times and the recitation in unison of Holy Holy Holy to the Lord of Hosts at the end of each jingling by the congregation. Such ritual dramatization and fluidity is symbolically significant to the members. As a "heavenly" sacred space on earth, it is the belief of the members that the "heavenly hosts" - Jehovah (God), Jesu Kristi (Jesus Christ), Emi Mimo (Holy Spirit), Angeli/Maleka (angels) already exist or could be conjured to manifest themselves in their worship.

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Baba wa ti mbe larin wa Our Father who amongst us dwell
Mase je k'oju ti wa... Let us not be put to shame...
Emi Orun sokale wa Heavenly Spirit descend
Ko wa ba wa sise And work with us we plead
(Y.H.N. 795 / E.V. 173)

The forces of the Holy Spirit are believed to come from the angels who are infinitely numerous. Four among them have the title of archangels and manifest through their disposition in the four cardinal directions, the situation of the world at the meeting point of the spiritual forces. Prayers were often done facing the four corners of the earth. Halleluyah is repeatedly shouted in unison seven times on each direction7. Michael is the 'chief archangel' under "the power of Jesus" who wields the ida (spiritual sword) that demolishes ajogun, aje, oso, the malevolent supramundane forces which populate the world. He is the angel of victory and the protector of the church. Due to his status and role among the hierarchy of angels, he is mostly invoked at the beginning of all prayers. Most prayers are started with the invocation Jehovah, Jesu Kristi, Michael Mimo, Oga Ogun (Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Holy Michael our captain). He occupies the east axis of the church. Gabriel is the angel of protection and benediction. He is also the angel of healing and of humility. He is believed to cure barreness. His jurisdiction is the west. Raphael is the angel of force that resides on the side of the ocean in the south. He prevents all sort of ailments and health hazards. Uriel is the least invoked of the four archangels. He represents the angel of gift, and dwells in the north axis. He is called upon to activate and render potent private devotional prayers.

These four maleka (archangels) are seen as the four angels who have considerable power over the 'world' (Cf. Y.H.N. 4; 259 / E.V. 96; 356; 477; 610; 617 etc.). Among the myriad of other angels which populate the "heavenly" space on earth, only two are named. Jimata, the angel of the water and of all within the waters, and Jerimo Yamah, who contemplates the light and the brightness of God. On the whole, Michael is believed to be charged with distributing works for the other angels "under the power of Jesus". It is for that reason that he is invoked at the beginning of each prayer. CCC Order of Service contains certain "holy" names which usually precede the readings from the Book of Psalms. The Yoruba meaning of some of these names are given as: Eh-Yibah (Oluwa Alanu); Eli-Yah (Oluwa Olorun); Eli-Bamah-Yabah (Oluwa-Omo Emi-Michael); Agashadual (Oba Olusegun); Jehovah Jecho-Hirami (Oba Olubukun) (see CCC Constitution, p. 31). These 'holy' names are invoked in order to invite the benevolent spiritual agents to partake in their ritual services.

It is a common feature of their revival and other types of service where people come forward to give testimonies of their prior involvement in witchcraft or sorcery before becoming members. There are cases where public or private confessions are made by individuals who claim to be witches or wizards, but had to "surrender" to God in the "spiritual battle" that ensued from the effectual prayer of the members against the malevolent forces. When such confession is done by an individual, the victim is usually not ostracized from the religious community. Such a victim is made to undergo a ritual sanctification and a spiritual re-orientation in order to break completely the "umblical cord" connecting the victim with the malevolent spiritual world.

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Abe abo is the institutionalized protective period of seclusion and retreat within the sacred space. Since Ile-Esin / Ile Adura is believed to exist under the aegis of benevolent "heavenly" powers, it becomes 'a place to feel at home'. Members could sleep or remain indefinitely within the church premises during periods of prayer and fasting; as an escape from the torture of witches or sorcerers in the 'world' or when it is specifically prescribed by prophets or prophetesses as part of a ritual prerequisite.9

Personal belongings of members such as vehicles are also placed under abe abo for sanctificatory rites against theft, burglars and the evil forces who are believed to cause accidents or bring other forms of misfortune against the owner. Such an idea of protection is in keeping with Yoruba institution of the family compound. Sacred space within Ile Esin is thus altered to accomodate the physical participation of the devotee. This shifting space is not unconnected with the level to which CCC serves as a locus of human activity.

From within and outside the precincts of the constructed ritual space, CCC attempts to recreate the intimacy of Yoruba kinship tradition. Ile in ordinary usage means "home", "house". One's village or town is also referred as Ile mi. In a wider sense, it refers to the family compound housing the large extended family, the nerve centre of domestic life.

The family compound contains the shrine of the lineage's principal deity which protects the compound and enforces social norms, and it contains the graves of the lineage ancestors who favour their descendants with their blessings. 'Home', in this sense, is the locus of a person's spiritual allies and the locus of communal affection and support. Here, within the secure womb of kinship and supernatural protection, social conflicts and personal anxieties are mediated and resolved, and people help each other to cope in life. Here, too, are the graves and shrines that connect the people to the invisible other world (Ray 1993: 272).

Cele's Ile Esin / Ile Adura, their "heavenly home" on earth, is a re-enactment of a community which can function as substitute kinship grouping or whose typical social relationship is patterned after the blood kinship tradition.

Ile Aanu (Mercy land) represents another important sacred space of the CCC. Every parish is expected to have a Mercy land built next or close to the church building. It is an encased space that is either walled, fenced or demarcated with blocks and stones. It is usually floored with beach sand and has a well dug within the sacred space. Members often undertake spiritual activities on this enclosure because of their belief in the overwhelming presence of angelic forces there. Two rituals which are conducted at the Mercy land are the service for prophets, prophetesses, dreamers (incubators), visionaries and "seekers" of spiritual power on the one hand; and the washing of the feet and Holy Communion10. Water is obtained from the sacred well in the Mercy land. Such 'holy' water is believed to be potent, and thus used for prophylactic and therapeutic functions.

The 'Celestial City' on 'earth' located at Imeko, represents a juxtaposition of sacred space in which Igbo-Ifa (the parcel of land on which it is sited was the sacred forest of Ifa, Yoruba deity of divination) was usurped and transformed from Yoruba religio-cultural matrix (traditional sacred space) into another sacred space, a Celestial City called 'New Jerusalem' (Cf. Revelation 21: 1-2). Members believe that with the descent of the Celestial City 'from heaven', they have succeeded in chasing out or creating spiritual barricades with the traditional orisa and the malevolent powers that hitherto occupied it.

The choice of Igbo-Ifa as the Celestial City ... was in agreement with God's word that His own people shall destroy high places of unholy worship ... (Deut. 12: 1-3) ... That place no more belongs to Ifa but our Lord Jesus the Christ ... It is God's ordination being designed through man to remind each and everyone of us (Celestians) that this world is not our home, that we have beyond the blue sky a beautiful home ... (Okunlola, p. 15-16)11

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Christianity Etc › Re: The Enigma Called 'Cele' by sprayer(op): 5:11pm On Apr 22, 2013

For the benefit of everyone interested in getting to know the real CELESTIAL CHURCH of CHRIST, I have written so much on this post already.

But right now, to the glory of God, I bring to you an article I found somewhere on the Internet from an Author I do not know but whose given name is Afe Adogame.

I just happened on the webpost by chance and believe me, this Author has an exhaustive detail about the 'Enigma called CELE'.

Here is the link for the webpost: http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/mjr/adogame.html

And if you don't mind reading a really long post on Nairaland, then you may as well read the full webpost here as copied from the site. Read the copied article below:

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Building Bridges and Barricades

Afe Adogame
c/o Lehrstuhl Religionswissenschaft
University of Bayreuth
Germany

Introduction

The Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) has been identified as a distinct brand of Christianity which has much affinity with the Yoruba cultural matrix. CCC on the other hand maintains its self-image as a Christian Church sui generis and vehemently refuses any connecting nexus with traditional religious thought and praxis. In our view, CCC cosmology is a synthesis of biblical belief, christian liturgical tradition and elements from Yoruba cultural milieux. This paper is concerned with situating Celestial Christianity holistically within the wider Yoruba religio-cultural context. It will examine whether and to what extent the Yoruba understanding of the cosmos has shaped CCC's worldview in their construction of ritual space. It also investigates their attitudes towards supernatural forces, and probes into how the members manipulate these forces in their church life and worship for individual and collective benefits.

CCC was founded in 1947 through the visionary experience and charismatic initiative of a Nigerian Yoruba, Samuel Bilehou Oschoffa. He was born and nurtured in Porto Novo (Benin Republic) in 1909. He claimed to have confronted his first traumatic experience while marooned in the mangrove forest in Toffin, a village in the Garvie area of Dahomey (now Republic of Benin) in his quest for timber for his lumber trade. As he was praying there he heard a voice saying Luli Luli Luli which the same voice instantly translated as "The grace of Jesus Christ". It was this spiritual experience on May 23, 1947 that transformed him and also made known his calling. Within three years of its emergence, the subsequent movement had spread to other parts of Dahomey and beyond to neighbouring Nigeria where it made its most profound impact. It has today transcended geo-ethnic and cultural boundaries, thus earning its re-christening as the Celestial Church of Christ "Worldwide". Several parishes (branches) have been established in other African countries such as Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, and in Europe, America and Canada. The membership all over the world now runs into several millions.

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Yoruba Cosmology

The Yoruba understanding of the world is the kernel of their religious thought and praxis. It is pertinent here to briefly examine the complexity of Yoruba cosmology in order to appreciate in what ways it influences CCC thought and attitudes about the world, and especially their belief in and attitudes towards supernatural entities. Abimbola (1994: 116) has shown that Yoruba cosmology is a profound and coherent thought system codified in Ifa literary corpus. Yoruba religious cosmology is also basically structured in their creation myths, praise songs, sayings and other symbolic utterances. The polarization of the cosmos is a germane feature for a proper understanding of their way of thinking. Yoruba cosmology divide the world into orun and aye. Orun refers to heaven/sky as the abode of the spiritual entities while aye implies the world/earth of human habitation1 . Aye is in a sense a sacral entity because it also serves as a centre for the dramatization of ebora (spirit beings). They still operate within it even though they belong properly to the other realm. They are able to transmute between the two domains to accomplish their various assignments.

In Yoruba thought, the cosmos is believed to be the creation of a Supreme Being called Olodumare/Olorun, who is seen to be immanent and transcendent at the same time. He brought lesser spiritual powers into being and charged them with specific functions. Aye is delineated as a space occupied by two 'pantheons' of paranormal powers, orisa and ajogun, both involved in a timeless and sustained competition for its domination. The orisa, also known as irinwo 'mole ojukotun (four hundred supernatural powers of the right), are by their nature benevolent to human beings so long as their precepts are jealously guided and kept. Some of the major orisa are Orisa nla, Orunmila, Ogun, Shango, Osun, Oya, Yemoja, Ori and Esu. They are interested in blessing human beings with all the "good things of life" (Cf. Hallgren 1988). Their wrath may however be incurred when human beings fail to keep their precepts or when they are not adequately propitiated.

The ajogun or igbaa 'mole ojukosi (two hundred supernatural forces of the left), are seen to be inherently malevolent and as such are preoccupied with the total annihilation of humans and their work. Due to this anti-human nature of these forces, human beings try to avoid them at all cost. Through proper propitiation of the benevolent powers, humans believe they are protected and secured from the machinations of the evil powers. Yoruba people often revert to divination through the babalawo (traditional diviner and medicineman) to know the source, nature and remedy for their misfortunes. The most prominent among them are the eight ajoguns literally 'warlords'. They are Iku (death), Arun (disease), Ofo (loss), Egba (paralysis), Oran (literally big trouble), Epe (curse), Ewon (imprisonment), and Ese (a generalized name for all other human afflictions). Other malevolent forces are aje (witches), oso (sorcerer), emere (water spirits), abiku (born to die children). It is this basic 'polemic' interest that gives birth to conflict between the two spiritual domains (Abimbola 1994: 104ff.).

Aye, the human habitation constitutes the playground for these opposing spiritual powers and by extension a complex dwelling place for human beings. Aye could also mean 'life' or the 'act of living'. It is understood in this sense as a kind of struggle or ajo (journey) by human beings in this world to realize their ori (destiny) on the one hand, a struggle to repair a bad ori or sustain a good ori. Yoruba people have a holistic view of 'being' as comprising ara (physical body); emi (breath) and ori (inner or spiritual head) spiritual mien, respectively. Ori as the spiritual aspect of humans, serves as a significant nexus between human beings and the ethereal world. There is a tradition that everyone makes a choice of his/her own ori prior to birth. It is chosen by kneeling in front of Olodumare/Olorun. In this sense, ori (as the principle of predestiny) is the most important orisa as far as human welfare is concerned (Abimbola 1976: 137, 142). But however important ori might be, Yoruba religious thought recognizes free will. A good ori is a potential for success, but ese (the principle of struggle and self-help), and iwapele (good character) among other things, are prerequisites to make the potential bear fruit. A bad ori can be altered through a divination act and the offering of ebo (sacrifice) to the appropriate orisa.

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CCC Understanding of the Cosmos

Oschoffa's inaugural vision and other visionary experiences which followed through him and some of his earliest followers both suggest the shaping of the CCC view of the world and the role of paranormal agencies in it. Oschoffa claimed to have received a 'divine' commission on 29 September 1947 to found a church. As he explained,

... while I was praying in my house with some visiting friends, I saw a strong ray of light rather like that from the headlamp of a car. I then saw a winged being whose body was like fire and whose eyes were tiny flying towards me behind the beam of light. As it approached me, the beam of light shortened until the being stood about a yard from me. This being then proceeded to say to me : God wishes to send you on an errand of preaching to the world. Many Christians there are who, during their lifetime, when confronted by problems and difficulties of this world they seek after fetish priests and other powers of darkness for all kinds of assistance. On their death, they think they are Christians, but they are no longer Christians because Satan has left his mark on them. For this reason, such people after death, cannot see Christ. God wants to send you to the world on a mission of preaching and exhortation, but the world will not believe you. To assist you in your work so that men may listen to and follow you, miraculous works of the holy divine healing will be wrought by you in the name of Jesus Christ. These works of divine healing and God's spiritual mark on you will testify to the fact that God sent you (CCC Constitution 1980, p. 7).

The vision revolves around the mission against 'Satan', 'fetish priests' and other 'powers of darkness' in the world. It also shows that God's benevolent power as portrayed in the message was to be used to counter the power of Satan and the other mischievious forces.

The naming of the movement was believed to have "come down from Heaven by divine revelation" through one Alexander Yanga, who was at the time undergoing spiritual healing under Oschoffa. At the end of seven days trance he wrote the name originally in French as Le Christianisme Céleste. It was later rendered as Eglise du Christianisme Céleste translated in English as "Celestial Church of Christ". In Gun language the new movement is referred as A gun wiwe olon ton and in Yoruba as Ijo Mimo ti kristi lati orun wa. The latter are literally translated as "the Holy Assembly of Christ from Heaven". The above confirms CCC belief in the uniqueness of their church as "heavenly" since the visionary experiences and the content of such revelations were linked with orun (heaven). Celestial members hold the belief that their church was existing in orun prior to its descent to aye (earth). Thus, deriving its ethereal name directly from heaven, the church claims to be an extension or a branch of the mother church, 'the celestial in heaven above' that was specially sent down through Oschoffa to be established on earth. They believed that God sent down this "heavenly" church to the world thus also making CCC a "heavenly" place on earth. A bridge was therefore built connecting orun and aiye.

The self-identification of CCC as "the last ship/vessel/boat for salvation"2 best exemplifies the fusion of this-worldly and the other-worldly orientations in their understanding of igbala (salvation). The member's reference to their church as the last ship for salvation is made manifest both in spoken words as well as in their well-established hymn repertoire as examples of their songs have shown.

Yoruba Version English Version
Oko igbala ikehin The last ship for salvation (italics emphasis mine)
Oko igbala The last ship
Oko igbala ikehin ni Ijo Mimo The last ship of salvation is Celestial Church
Eni ti ko ba wonu Oko na He who fails to enter the last ship
Yio rii sinu bu omi Will sink into deep water
(Yoruba Hymn Number (Y.H.N.) * author's translation / English Version (E.V.) 142)

E yin Jesu, E yin Jesu Praise ye Jesus, praise ye Jesus
Fun 'Jo kehin to so kale For the last church he descended...
(Y.H.N. 330 / E.V. 13)

E yin Jesu, E yin Jesu ... Praise ye Jesus praise ye Jesus
Fun 'Jo kehin to so kale For the last church He descended
Nipa agbara eje Jesu By the power of Blood of Jesus
Ni Baba fi gbe kale ... That the Father founded it...
... Awon Aje tiri tiju ... The witches are all confounded
Awon oso tiri idame The wizards are all confused
Esu wariri o subu Devil trembles even crumbles
Niwaju agba Ijo yi ... Before the power of this church...
(Y.H.N. 330 / E.V. 13)

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CCC sees itself as possessing the instrument of power with which it will cleanse and purify the other churches and the world in general. We can also perceive in CCC an attempt at bridging heaven with earth both figuratively and practically. While recognizing the essence and urgency of these other-worldly salvational goals, "life everlasting", "the final judgement"3, they also do not fail to emphasize God's redeeming action in this world, the specially ordained mission of the church to attend to all existential problems of life in this world through prayer and ritual effort. Odeyemi4 aptly describes CCC as "the embassy of heaven on earth ... members are seated in heavenly places even though they still move about physically on earth ... That is why the church is 'Celestial' and not 'terrestial' ".

There is a congruence between Yoruba religious thought and the CCC worldview in their belief in the reality of ajogun, aje, oso and other malevolent forces. These forces are seen as the enemies of humans. Misfortunes and unnatural problems which befall members are given spiritual explanations. Strange illnesses, incurable diseases, barrenness, premature death, joblessness, and all other predicaments that confront human beings, or obstruct individual and collective progress are attributed to the malevolent powers. Seen as spiritual problems therefore, members also strive to procure spiritual panacea. No case is accepted as useless or totally hopeless. Members do not stop at getting spiritual explanations for whatever happens around them or any misfortune that befall them, they advance to seek 'prediction' and 'control'. While the general attitude towards ajogun, aje, oso, emere, abiku has remained essentially the same in both worldviews, what has changed in the CCC worldview is the medium and nature of control of these human foes.

In the traditional Yoruba setting, people resort to divination through the babalawo (diviner and traditional medicine-man) for explanation and prediction of events. Ebo (sacrifice) is prescribed to appease the spiritual beings, to avert an impending danger, or to control and prevent the evil forces from wrecking havoc on people. CCC now attempt to cope with these enigmatic forces through eto adura (prayer-ritual), prophecy, visions and dreams which are in their proper language referred to as "spiritual messages". It is through effectual prayers that CCC gain access to heaven, and attracts the attention, power and action of Jehovah (God), Jesu Kristi (Jesus Christ), Emi Mimo (the Holy Spirit) and malaika/angeli (the angelic forces) against the mischievous forces that parade this world. The 'word of God' (Bible) is no longer only the 'word of life' , but a reserve of spiritual ammunition in order to disable the adversary. Ajogun, aje and oso will now "tremble under the holy power of this church" and they cannot enter the "ship for salvation".

Yoruba Version English Version
Baba pa lase lat'Orun wa Father from Heaven authorises
Ki gbogbo aiye si wariri That the whole world may all tremble
Fun 'Jo Mimo, lat'Orun wa For Celestial Church from above
Ijo yi ni, yio we aiye mo The fold to purify the world
Aje, oso, yio wariri Witches, wizards will all tremble
L'abe agbara Mimo yi Beneath this new power Divine
Awon Angeli si kun f'ayo Angels are filled with happiness
Iyanu f'oko ikehin We marvel at this last ship
Halleluya fun ise Oluwa Halleluya for all the works of God.
(Y.H.N. 176 / E.V. 15)

Igba ironu de This is the time to think
Yara si Iye ainipekun Make haste to everlasting life
Oko kehin ti de The last ship has arrived
Kristi npe elese Jesus calleth sinners
Awon oniyemeji Those people with doubtful minds
Nwon yio gunle sebute ofo They will land upon empty harbour
Aje ko le woko no Witches cannot board the ship
Nwon yio gunle sebute ofo They will land upon empty harbour
Oso ko le woko na Sorcerers cannot board the ship
Nwon yio gunle sebute ofo They will land upon empty harbour
(Y.H.N. 286 / E.V. 74).
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Christianity Etc › Re: Where Is God When Bad Things Happen To Good People? by sprayer(m): 1:40am On Mar 30, 2013

Funny I came across this thread while going through some posts on Nairaland.

I said funny because sometime ago, I posted a similar topic at www.nairaland.com/1232971/why-god-not-solved-problems

The matter is actually a very serious issue that requires critical study as it concerns all humanity and our Supreme Creator with regards to His claims of 'true love' ( huh

) for us.

For the benefit of everyone, I decided to repost it below:

"Why Has God Not Solved My
Problems, If Indeed He Is Able?"

I am sure you must have asked yourself
or your Pastor this simple but very vital
question time and again with probably, no
meaningful answers gotten.

WHY ME?
There are even more burning questions
you have asked:
'Why does God feel so unconcerned
about my troubles?'
'Why do I pray and I don't get answers?'
'Why does God 'fail' me when I need Him
the most?'
'Why is there so much wickedness in the
world, is there really God?'
'Why do I as a Believer fail in life while
the ungodly and wicked people prosper
and achieve so much, am I missing
something?'

'Why... why... why............ '

If only you could give ten (10) minutes of
your time reading this special message,
we would both quickly 'see' and
understand why God seems 'incapable' of
helping us, as we so often erroneously
believe.

Before now, you may have been taught,
heard or read about God from various
articles, impressions that have created a
not-too-correct mental perspective of
whom God is perceived to be.
So we will start by asking ourselves, 'Who
is GOD?"

WHO IS GOD?
Firstly, I would want you to understand
that the definition of who God is, is simply
an individualistic issue.
Who you know God to be is likely to be
different from who/what I know Him to
be.
To one person, He is a God with gentle
whispering (1 Kings 19:11-13) and to
another a God who roars with a
thunderous voice (Exodus 19:16-20). To
one, He is a righteous Protector (Psalm
7:10-11), to another a partial Judge (Job
21:4-22).

Secondly, it is common knowledge that
there are many attributes and names of
God Almighty, who is known to be the
creator of the Universe and the only True
GOD whom we must all worship, obey
and acknowledge in everything we do.
One of the most vital attributes of God is
that once He promises a thing, His word
never goes unfulfilled.

Once He promises to do a thing, he will
SURELY bring His word to pass.
Surprisingly however, we find that
sometimes, His promises in our lives
don't come to fulfillment because
somehow, we have failed to keep our part
of the bi-lateral bargain by being
disobedient to His command.
As an example, God told the LEVITES in
Biblical times that they will constitute His
specially chosen Priesthood forever but
He later told Eli the High Priest, a Levite,
that that promise no longer holds
because they (the Levites, through the
family of Eli the High Priest) broke their
part of the covenant by dishonoring God.
( Please read 1 Samuel 2:27-36).

When God promises you a thing, you
always automatically have your own part
to play, namely: honor and obey Him!

Thirdly, every man or woman that the
Lord God has created, was created with
pleasant goodness, blessings and good
fortune all built-in into that person's life
trip.
God destined everyone for a purpose and
your happiness in life is built into your
divine purpose and your willingness to
obey God at fulfilling that purpose.

"For I know the plans I have for you,”
says the Lord. “They are plans for good
and not for disaster, to give you a future
and a hope."(Jeremiah 29:11).
Anyone who fails to fulfill his/her divine
purpose (which also known as, 'doing
God's will') can expect to have varying
degrees of failure in life because such a
person is out of God's plan and
provisions.

THE GREAT QUESTION
So now, I am sure you are already asking,
"...if God truly has pleasant and lofty
plans for me, then why has these array of
disasters, failures and disappointments
befallen me?"

THE ANSWERS
There are actually more than a million
answers to the great question asked
above but we shall look at the three (3)
most important answers given below:

Answer 1
God does not honor us if we fail to Honor
Him.
Honoring God means several things. We
must acknowledge God as the 'OWNER' of
our lives and worship Him with our very
essence (everything that we are or hope
to be, everything that we have or hope to
have).
We are like clay-works in the hands of
God the Master Potter, we have no right
to criticize Him or question His authority.
He can bend us in any direction He so
wishes (Romans 9: 20-24).

If we truly obey Him and glorify Him in
our current situation, then He is sure to
uplift and glorify us too. Failure to honor
Him automatically brings shame, disasters
and turbulence our way in life.

Answer 2
We must accept that God is aware of our
current situation and that it is only a trial
phase that shall soon be over.
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:11,
"But remember that the temptations that
come into your life are no different from
what others experience. And God is
faithful. He will keep the temptation from
becoming so strong that you can't stand
up against it. When you are tempted, he
will show you a way out so that you will
not give in to it."

The Bible gives a vivid account of WHY WE
ARE TEMPTED in the book of Job (Read
Job chapters 1-3). Sometimes, God
Himself purposely sets a trial of faith for
us to see how much trust we have in
Him. At such trying times, we MUST still
acknowledge His faithfulness and continue
to trust, worship, praise and obey Him,
else, we fail the test.
In Job's trial (Job 1:1-22), God permitted
Satan to test him severally, but in all the
tests, Job stood his ground of faithfulness
and God blessed him more in the end
than he was blessed before the series of
tests.

Testing from God is akin to taking a class
examination. When we pass, we are
automatically promoted to a higher level
and we become better than we were
initially.

Answer 3
We need to trust in God's love and plan
for our lives by having faith in both Him
and in His beloved Son Jesus Christ.
When we exercise our trust in Him
through our faith (simply put, trust=faith),
we are simply assuring inner self that we
are already connected to the divine
source of all good things that we desire
and hence, the download of endless
benefits is just about to begin. To
exercise true faith is to exercise true love
for God Himself is Love.

When we love our neighbors sincerely,
then we are already strongly connected to
the download link and nothing can stop
us at getting whatsoever we want from
our loving Father in Heaven while we also
get favors from men!

Mark 11:22-25 says...
22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have
faith in God. 23 I assure you that you can
say to this mountain, 'May God lift you up
and throw you into the sea,’ and your
command will be obeyed. All that's
required is that you really believe and do
not doubt in your heart. 24 Listen to me!
You can pray for anything, and if you
believe, you will have it. 25 But when you
are praying, first forgive anyone you are
holding a grudge against, so that your
Father in Heaven will forgive your sins,
too.”

Even if your faith is little, God is willing to
help you build it up, but you need to first
allow Him into your life and ways.
He is interested in your finance, business,
health, family and relationships but you
must note that He will not intrude unless
you specifically invite Him in by praying to
Him and committing your day-to-day
affairs into His care.

YOUR MASTER KEY
God has a deep and loving interest in you,
beyond your wildest imaginations!
Put your focus on Him concerning all your
life's troubles and you shall be happy
indeed.
Your help will not come from a Prophet,
Pastor, or any Spiritualist but your true
and lasting help comes only from the Lord
Almighty.

Matthew 16:19 has a special assurance
for you:
"And I will give you the keys of the
Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you lock
on earth will be locked in heaven, and
whatever you open on earth will be
opened in heaven.”
Indeed, whatever you ask of you father in
Heaven, such shall you receive.....if only
you will turn your FAITH to Him NOW.

And now,
HE IS HERE TO HELP YOU
Say this short prayer:
'God Almighty, the creator of Heaven and
Earth
Creator of all entities, living and non-
living, seen and unseen
The owner of the breath of life in me
My Protector and Provider
You sent your son Jesus Christ into the
world as an holy sacrifice
For the remission of my sins
So that I might be drawn closer to you
without a blemish
I believe in You my Father
That You are more than sufficient for my
needs
I put my trust and faith in you
And in your everlasting Love
That You alone can save, protect and
provide for me
I therefore look upon You this day
Yes
I put my entire trust in You through my
faith in the name of your beloved son
Jesus Christ
You are greater than all the worries of my
life
Today I stand on your promise to help me
I believe in You to deliver me from all my
troubles and anxieties
And on my part, I shall follow no other
God but You and You alone
I shall neither consider their names in my
heart nor upon my lips
Please strengthen me to fulfill this
promise before You this day and
evermore
I believe my prayers are answered
already
For You are here with me right now
No longer shall I doubt your faithfulness
in my heart
Thank You Lord for I know
My prayers are answered
In Jesus' Mighty name I have prayed
Amen.'

If you have said this prayer with faith and
sincerity in your heart, I congratulate you!
You have just committed all your worries
to your true Father and Creator, the
endless source of all good things.
In a few days from now, you will begin to
witness some positive manifestations of
the power and awesomeness of God
Almighty concerning a miraculous turn-
around of your situation.

However, be warned that God is not a
Magician. He is a God of 'due process'
because He is a just God. What that
means is that don't expect your miracle
(s) overnight.
For certain, be assured it will come and at
God's appointed time for it. Know that
God's time is always the best.
Therefore, rejoice always and praise God
at every slight opportunity you have for
that is the ONLY way to move the hand of
the Lord Almighty to work faster in your
favor.

REMEMBER:
Acknowledge, honor, praise and pray to
Him everyday. Make it a HABIT to do all
these things as part of your daily routine
and you shall always be blessed in all your
endeavors.

Shalom!

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Christianity Etc › Re: The Enigma Called 'Cele' by sprayer(op): 5:44pm On Mar 29, 2013*

Read more about the leadership war going on in CELE church and the associated legal tussles here:

www.nairaland.com/421697/cele-leadership-tussle-worsens-police

Christianity Etc › Re: Cele Leadership Tussle Worsens As Police Invite Factional Leaders by sprayer(m): 5:40pm On Mar 29, 2013

The various leadership problems and the bad image that CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST has been experiencing are certainly a very shameful thing for a church that's supposed to be a spiritual church.

Worse still is the fact that 'CELE', a church supposed to be the LAST BOAT OF SALVATION for mankind is now believed by some to have become a wordly church where politics and deception reign supreme.

These however, are not the plans of God for His church (CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST).

God Himself is the owner of the church through Christ Jesus and He is certainly going to clean up His church to rid it of those bad eggs that are producing such a terrible stench and soiling the image and reputation of the church in the mud.

These bad eggs comprise the following:
1. Self acclaimed Pastors
2. Self chosen Shepherds that God hasn't called who therefore seek occultic powers from the underworld
3. Fake Prophets and Prophetesses who promote falsehood and mislead innocent worshippers
4. Half baked converts with fetish backgrounds who still go back from time to time to their fetish practices

The true CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST would have nothing to do with all such bad eggs as it is a pure spiritual church by God's divine design.

The leadership tussle going on in the church was never meant to be in the first place where it not for the selfishness and greed of the affected parties, because the written CONSTITUTION clearly states that the SUCCESSOR to the FOUNDER was going to be CHOSEN by God, just as the founder was himself chosen of by God.

One unique thing about the work of God is that the ASSIGNMENT CHOOSES YOU. You don't choose God's assignment!

From Biblical examples, the underlisted people were chosen for their divine assignments, they didn't choose their divine purposes:

1. Father Abraham
2. Noah
3. Moses
4. Samuel (even as a baby at the Temple at Shiloh in Eli's care)
5. King Saul
6. King David
7. King Solomon (who, even though was of highly questionable birth, was chosen to build God's holy temple.)
8. John the Baptist (chosen before he was even conceived in the womb, same for Samson the Strongman of Israel)
9. Jesus' twelve Disciples
10. Paul the Apostle (even though he was an anti-Christ at the time, got converted and worked fearlessly for Christ, more than any Apostle or Disciple in history!)

11. So many Judges and Prophets of great exploits, male and female alike, mentioned in the Bible too numerous to mention here.

Most of the people chosen by God are people who either are not exactly happy about it so they start hiding or running away from the task e.g Moses, Jonah
or they are simply inappriopriate because of their stinking background e.g Rahab the Harlot, King Solomon.
But God always has His ways of refining people for His purposes.

Anyone who goes about proudly and arrogantly brandishing himself as a Pastor or Evangelist has probably self-chosen himself.

The God of CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST will certainly choose a Pastor for His church in His own way and at His own time. Who knows, he could even be that boy on your street still in Primary school!

Read more about CELE church and the CONSTITUTION here: www.nairaland.com/555280/enigma-called-cele#14987535

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Christianity Etc › Re: Getting Your Miracles Fast And Easy! by sprayer(op): 4:04pm On Mar 29, 2013

I am wishing all Nairalanders and the general online public a most memorable Easter celebration!

Happy holidays. cheesy

Christianity Etc › Re: Are You In Problems? Let Us Intercede For You by sprayer(op): 4:02pm On Mar 29, 2013

Happy Easter to everyone!

Jesus is Lord.

Christianity Etc › Re: God Cares About Your Situation by sprayer(op): 3:59pm On Mar 29, 2013

Here is a new hotline (prayer helpline): +234-808-471-0033

I wish everyone a wonderful Easter filled with God's unending blessings.

Christianity Etc › Re: 'Your Life Will Never Remain The Same' What Does It Mean? by sprayer(op): 3:52pm On Mar 29, 2013

Here is wishing all Nairalanders and the general online public a most memorable Easter celebration!

Happy holidays. cheesy

Christianity Etc › Re: Cele Members - What Does Sani Satani Mean? by sprayer(m): 3:45pm On Mar 29, 2013

It is a statement in tongues, rebuking Satan and his evil ones.

Saying JAH SANI SATANI is simply saying, ' GOD REBUKES YOU, SATAN'

JAH is a strong name for God which depicts GOD OF VICTORY.

God bless you all, Nairalanders, as you celebrate a wonderful Easter in good health.

Jesus is Lord.

Christianity Etc › Re: The Enigma Called 'Cele' by sprayer(op): 3:25pm On Mar 29, 2013

I wish all Nairalanders and the general online public a most memorable Easter celebration!

Happy holidays. cheesy

Christianity Etc › Re: "Why Has God Not Solved My Problems, If Indeed He Is Able?" by sprayer(op): 2:59pm On Mar 29, 2013

Here is wishing all Nairalanders and the general online public a most memorable Easter celebration!

Happy holidays. cheesy

Christianity Etc › Re: 'Your Life Will Never Remain The Same' What Does It Mean? by sprayer(op): 10:32pm On Mar 21, 2013

Whatever sort of turbulence of life you may be going through;

NOTHING is indeed impossible for God to do
Let us pray with you over those problems weighing you down.

Submit a prayer request with us
http://success-prayers..com/
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Christianity Etc › Re: Getting Your Miracles Fast And Easy! by sprayer(op): 10:30pm On Mar 21, 2013

Christianity Etc › "Why Has God Not Solved My Problems, If Indeed He Is Able?" by sprayer(op): 10:08pm On Mar 21, 2013

I am sure you must have asked yourself or your Pastor this simple but very vital question time and again with probably, no meaningful answers gotten.

WHY ME?
There are even more burning questions you have asked:
'Why does God feel so unconcerned about my troubles?'
'Why do I pray and I don't get answers?'
'Why does God 'fail' me when I need Him the most?'
'Why is there so much wickedness in the world, is there really God?'
'Why do I as a Believer fail in life while the ungodly and wicked people prosper and achieve so much, am I missing something?'

'Why... why... why............ huh

'

If only you could give ten (10) minutes of your time reading this special message, we would both quickly 'see' and understand why God seems 'incapable' of helping us, as we so often erroneously believe.

Before now, you may have been taught, heard or read about God from various articles, impressions that have created a not-too-correct mental perspective of whom God is perceived to be.

So we will start by asking ourselves, 'Who is GOD?"

WHO IS GOD?
Firstly, I would want you to understand that the definition of who God is, is simply an individualistic issue.
Who you know God to be is likely to be different from who/what I know Him to be.
To one person, He is a God with gentle whispering (1 Kings 19:11-13) and to another a God who roars with a thunderous voice (Exodus 19:16-20). To one, He is a righteous Protector (Psalm 7:10-11), to another a partial Judge (Job 21:4-22).

Secondly, it is common knowledge that there are many attributes and names of God Almighty, who is known to be the creator of the Universe and the only True GOD whom we must all worship, obey and acknowledge in everything we do.

One of the most vital attributes of God is that once He promises a thing, His word never goes unfulfilled.
Once He promises to do a thing, he will SURELY bring His word to pass.
Surprisingly however, we find that sometimes, His promises in our lives don't come to fulfillment because somehow, we have failed to keep our part of the bi-lateral bargain by being disobedient to His command.

As an example, God told the LEVITES in Biblical times that they will constitute His specially chosen Priesthood forever but He later told Eli the High Priest, a Levite, that that promise no longer holds because they (the Levites, through the family of Eli the High Priest) broke their part of the covenant by dishonoring God. ( Please read 1 Samuel 2:27-36).

When God promises you a thing, you always automatically have your own part to play, namely: honor and obey Him!

Thirdly, every man or woman that the Lord God has created, was created with pleasant goodness, blessings and good fortune all built-in into that person's life trip.

God destined everyone for a purpose and your happiness in life is built into your divine purpose and your willingness to obey God at fulfilling that purpose.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."(Jeremiah 29:11).
Anyone who fails to fulfill his/her divine purpose (which also known as, 'doing God's will') can expect to have varying degrees of failure in life because such a person is out of God's plan and provisions.

THE GREAT QUESTION
So now, I am sure you are already asking, "...if God truly has pleasant and lofty plans for me, then why has these array of disasters, failures and disappointments befallen me?"

THE ANSWERS
There are actually more than a million answers to the great question asked above but we shall look at the three (3) most important answers given below:

Answer 1
God does not honor us if we fail to Honor Him.
Honoring God means several things. We must acknowledge God as the 'OWNER' of our lives and worship Him with our very essence (everything that we are or hope to be, everything that we have or hope to have).
We are like clay-works in the hands of God the Master Potter, we have no right to criticize Him or question His authority. He can bend us in any direction He so wishes (Romans 9: 20-24).
If we truly obey Him and glorify Him in our current situation, then He is sure to uplift and glorify us too. Failure to honor Him automatically brings shame, disasters and turbulence our way in life.

Answer 2
We must accept that God is aware of our current situation and that it is only a trial phase that shall soon be over.
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:11,

"But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you will not give in to it."

The Bible gives a vivid account of WHY WE ARE TEMPTED in the book of Job (Read Job chapters 1-3). Sometimes, God Himself purposely sets a trial of faith for us to see how much trust we have in Him. At such trying times, we MUST still acknowledge His faithfulness and continue to trust, worship, praise and obey Him, else, we fail the test.
In Job's trial (Job 1:1-22), God permitted Satan to test him severally, but in all the tests, Job stood his ground of faithfulness and God blessed him more in the end than he was blessed before the series of tests.

Testing from God is akin to taking a class examination. When we pass, we are automatically promoted to a higher level and we become better than we were initially.

Answer 3
We need to trust in God's love and plan for our lives by having faith in both Him and in His beloved Son Jesus Christ.
When we exercise our trust in Him through our faith (simply put, trust=faith), we are simply assuring inner self that we are already connected to the divine source of all good things that we desire and hence, the download of endless benefits is just about to begin. To exercise true faith is to exercise true love for God Himself is Love.
When we love our neighbors sincerely, then we are already strongly connected to the download link and nothing can stop us at getting whatsoever we want from our loving Father in Heaven while we also get favors from men!

Mark 11:22-25 says...
22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. 23 I assure you that you can say to this mountain, 'May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,’ and your command will be obeyed. All that's required is that you really believe and do not doubt in your heart. 24 Listen to me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you will have it. 25 But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in Heaven will forgive your sins, too.”

Even if your faith is little, God is willing to help you build it up, but you need to first allow Him into your life and ways.
He is interested in your finance, business, health, family and relationships but you must note that He will not intrude unless you specifically invite Him in by praying to Him and committing your day-to-day affairs into His care.

YOUR MASTER KEY
God has a deep and loving interest in you, beyond your wildest imaginations!
Put your focus on Him concerning all your life's troubles and you shall be happy indeed.
Your help will not come from a Prophet, Pastor, or any Spiritualist but your true and lasting help comes only from the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 16:19 has a special assurance for you:
"And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you lock on earth will be locked in heaven, and whatever you open on earth will be opened in heaven.”

Indeed, whatever you ask of you father in Heaven, such shall you receive.....if only you will turn your FAITH to Him NOW.

And now,
HE IS HERE TO HELP YOU
Say this short prayer:

'God Almighty, the creator of Heaven and Earth
Creator of all entities, living and non-living, seen and unseen
The owner of the breath of life in me
My Protector and Provider
You sent your son Jesus Christ into the world as an holy sacrifice
For the remission of my sins
So that I might be drawn closer to you without a blemish
I believe in You my Father
That You are more than sufficient for my needs
I put my trust and faith in you
And in your everlasting Love
That You alone can save, protect and provide for me
I therefore look upon You this day
Yes
I put my entire trust in You through my faith in the name of your beloved son Jesus Christ
You are greater than all the worries of my life
Today I stand on your promise to help me
I believe in You to deliver me from all my troubles and anxieties
And on my part, I shall follow no other God but You and You alone
I shall neither consider their names in my heart nor upon my lips
Please strengthen me to fulfill this promise before You this day and evermore
I believe my prayers are answered already
For You are here with me right now
No longer shall I doubt your faithfulness in my heart
Thank You Lord for I know
My prayers are answered
In Jesus' Mighty name I have prayed
Amen.'

If you have said this prayer with faith and sincerity in your heart, I congratulate you!
You have just committed all your worries to your true Father and Creator, the endless source of all good things.
In a few days from now, you will begin to witness some positive manifestations of the power and awesomeness of God Almighty concerning a miraculous turn-around of your situation.

However, be warned that God is not a Magician. He is a God of 'due process' because He is a just God. What that means is that don't expect your miracle(s) overnight.
For certain, be assured it will come and at God's appointed time for it. Know that God's time is always the best.
Therefore, rejoice always and praise God at every slight opportunity you have for that is the ONLY way to move the hand of the Lord Almighty to work faster in your favor.

REMEMBER:
Acknowledge, honor, praise and pray to Him everyday. Make it a HABIT to do all these things as part of your daily routine and you shall always be blessed in all your endeavors.

Shalom!

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Romance › Re: Spiritual Husband:unknown Problems Of Women by sprayer(m): 6:04pm On May 02, 2012

It is sad indeed. This is a problem neither the man nor the lady can be blamed for because often times, the people involved in spiritual marriages are not even aware they have a spirit spouse who is usually so jealous and spoils things for the actual physical/human spouse. This kind of problem affects even legally married human couples where the human wife experiences several miscarriages alongside financial problems on the part of the human husband.

So then, let us talk about the solution:

Since both the man and the spouse are 'affected' (I prefer to use the word 'infected'), they need the WORD of God in their lives to deliver them from this so called spirit parasites that have invaded their finances (and other areas of life, most likely).

This issue should not be taken lightly and they should both go for spiritual deliverance in a good church as soon as possible.

I POST BELOW,AN ARTICLE (WRITTEN BY PASTOR BODE AYODELE) WHICH INDEED EVERYONE IN THESE SHOES ARE GOING TO FIND VERY USEFUL AND INSIGHTFUL:

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The Marine Kingdom: Deliverance from Spirit Husband and Spirit Wife
The Marine Kingdom is one of Satan’s most powerful strongholds. It is also the least understood of the three strongholds, the others being the heavens and earth.

The Lord in His love for man, when He created us gave us dominion and authority over these three areas:

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(Genesis 1:2

When man sinned however, he handed over the dominion to the author of sin- Satan. In His mercy the Lord has provided a means for man to regain this dominion back through our Lord Jesus as we will examine in this message.

Back to the Marine Kingdom- there are certain facts about the water that make it so significant physically and spiritually. Below we examine a few of these from a bible perspective:

FACT 1: Only water and the Holy Spirit were prominent and existed in the beginning.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:3)

FACT 2: It takes the word of God to put water in its place.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (Genesis 1:9)

FACT 3: Water is dominating if not controlled.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:9-10)

The earth existed at that period but it was subdued and dominated by the waters!

FACT 4: Where water powers dominate nothing else is productive.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11– 12)

Earth could only start producing after it had been released from the dominion of the water. Prior to then though it existed it could not produce anything.

FACT 5: The earth could only accommodate man when water gave way.

FACT 6: The spirits within the waters are very competitive.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good- (Genesis 1:20-21.)

Prior to when the earth started to produce at the instruction of God the waters had not produced anything worthwhile. But when God told the waters to give way to the earth and told the earth to produce seed and herbs (as seen in Genesis 1:11) the waters were also ready to start producing. It was as if the waters were competing with the earth in showing off its ability to produce.

There are certain people who are productive but are dominated by powers and personalities who will not do anything worthwhile, and will not allow those that want to be productive to do so. But, as seen in this case, the moment such people are set free and allowed to release their full potential the dominating powers start to compete with them!

For instance, you work in a company. Every now and then you submit new ideas to your Head of Department(HOD.) The HOD realises that not only are your ideas good, you have the potential to run the department. Considering that the Managing Director has been compalining about his performance of recent, the HOD hides your proposal and refuses to submit it for implementation. Years later the Management moves you to the central office where your are in a position tocontribute more and be more productive. Around the same time your previous boss (who probably has more experience anyway) also starts to submit useful ideas and proposals (something he didn't do in the past)just to compete with you and make you less relevant!

FACT 7 :There are certain spirits that come from and reside within the waters!

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand and were choked in the sea. (Mark 5:12)

In the preceding verses to those quoted above we are read:

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. (Mark 5:8-9)

A legion refers around 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. Here we are informed that as many spirits rushed into the sea. Since they could not dominate the land any longer they requested to go back to where they were from- the sea.

FACT 8: The waters have their own Princes.

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. (Ezekiel 26:16)

FACT 9 :The water has its own power.

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. (Zechariah 9:4)

FACT 10: A whole city was buried in the sea.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; (Ezekiel 26:19)

When one reads the bible carefully one will realise that the reports about the Bermuda Triangle and the lost city of the Atlantis are not just mere fiction after all!

FACT 11:The sea is a glory swallower- The glory of an entire city was swallowed up by the sea.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. (Ezekiel 27:27)

FACT 12: The Seas has its own wealth that it gives to those who serve it.

When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. (Ezekiel 27:33)

FACT 13: The sea can break and destroy ones business/enterprise.
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
(Ezekiel 27:34)

What we have established so far among other facts is that though the waters has it own controlling spirits and powers, these are all restricted and controlled by the word and power of God. However, an incident occurred that saw God remove this restriction. When man, who dominated the earth sinned, we read:

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. (Genesis 6:6-7)

When God decided to destroy the earth what did He use? He did not use fire; neither did he use his angels that reside within heaven. Rather, he used the water powers: we read:

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 7:1

To prevail means to fight and overcome. In other words the Lord removed the restriction he had earlier placed upon the powers within the waters and allowed them to prevail (beat up and destroy, so to say) whatever was in the earth. This brings us to another fact:

FACT 14: When water and its powers are given unrestricted control it is destructive.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.21) And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:22) All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.23) And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark (Genesis 7: 18-23)

There is the saying that fire is a good friend but a terrible enemy. The same could be said about water. When allowed the water did not only destroy what the earth had produced, it destroyed the fruit of its own labour as well. Nothing was left out except for those in Noah’s ark. When you see a person who at one point is immensely wealthy then all of a sudden it seems everything disappears be assured it is these water powers that are at work.

Please take this prayer point: Everything that I have lost to the Marine kingdom be restored in the name of Jesus.

At the end of forty days and forty nights of continuous rain and flooding the Lord had mercy. He commanded the waters to return back to their original position and stopped the rains:

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. (Genesis 8:2-3)

However something else occurred, which many may not have realized. Remember, we stated that the waters initially covered the face of the earth. By being asked to flood the earth the water spirits saw it as their original abode and right.( Considering that initially at the beginning of creation the waters covered the face of the earth.)

Another issue is that for such spirits to dwell in the land they need to have a legal ground- a right to dwell in the land. These spirits are disembodied spirits. They seek to dwell within other bodies. It is in a bid to dwell in man that the issue of spirit spouse or what we call spirit husband and spirit wives originated.

Such spirits come out of the water to conduct spiritual marriages with man. By doing this they secure the right to live where man lives as well as return to the water at will. Today, we can see a preponderance of things in the land or in the midst of men that relate to the water. This is not a coincidence as such powers use this as a means of raising marine altars in the earth. This gives them a legal ground to dwell on earth amongst men. There is hardly any where you turn today that you will not come across something that relates to the water or Marine Kingdom:

Examples include:

Many names of countries, streets, villages and cities are derived from the water:

Nigeria, -derived from river Niger.
Cameroun, literally means land of shrimps
Jamaica- means wood and water or marshy land
Cyprus, -name of a sea god
Madrid- derived from the name of a major river( now a dried up river bed) in Spain.

Numerous corporate logos are images derived from the sea.
The image of Starbucks coffee is that of a siren, similar to a mermaid spirit which originates from the sea.
The image of the Nigerian ports Authority as well as images seen on numerous ships are those of the Mermaid.

we also have numerous images of sea animals and pictures dotting the land.

The bible clearly states that we are to destroy the images of strange gods. We are not to allow their names to come out of our lips. By allowing these images and names to cover the land we are actually erecting altars to powers from under the water.

FASHION
A Look at our fashion today reveals a lot of influence from these water spirits. Most dresses of women are designed to represent the tail of a fish. Where did such designs originate from?- from these powers under the sea. Some women go as far as putting fin like protruding cushions on their dresses to give them that greater fish- like looking effect.

A little female child starts off walking normally. With time however, she begins to develop a sway in her steps. The swaying to and fro of a woman when walking can be likened to the movement of the fish under the water. It is when these marine spirits enter into a person that such movements begin to manifest. The same can be said of men who, in some cases, walk in a determined movement that can be likened to that of a shark!

ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT THE MARINE KINGDOM

These sprits seek to live in and dominate Man (this is how they become sprit husbands/ wives,) animals or trees.
-Their man form of entry into man is via intimate intercourse and intimate related sins such as fornication, adultery, self-service, lust, partner exchange, Indecency etc. Once any of these intimate sins are committed they have a legal ground to control the person.
-Once in, they cannot be forced out except, by the word of God spoken in the name and through the blood of Jesus. (Remember, only the word of God can deal with the powers under the water.)
- They deposit things in their victims and withdraw people’s virtues to under the sea.
-They have banks and strongholds under the water where such items are kept.
- They reinforce their captivity on people’s lives via dreams. (Anyone who constantly dreams of Being Intimate is under the bondage and attack of such spirits.)

Effects
The effects of such spirits in a person’s life include:

Marital problems such as non marriage, late marriage etc
Financial difficulty.
Constant quarrels between husband and wife.
intimate immorality and uncontrollable intimate urges and desires.
Shameful intimate habits and lustful thinking.
Marriage failure and divorce.
Bareness and miscarriages.

How to know if you have such problems
-Involvement in intimate sins
-Sex in the dreams
-Born besides and still attached to the riverside area.
-Seeing self by the river in the dreams.
-Love for things of the sea such as eating sea food, visiting the bar beach, playing with or wearing of jwelleries made of shells etc.
-Love for ornaments or jwelleries made of, or that are shaped in the form of creatures from the sea.
-Love for images and pictures that relate to, or are from under the sea.

The study of the spiritual aspect of the Marine kingdom is such a vast one that cannot really be exhausted. Other facts include that each sea animal has its own equivalent spirit that seeks to possess man. Thus we have the alligator spirit, the Crocodile spirit, the spirit of the Octopus, the spirit of the Shark and the Sea Monsters spirits etc.

Each spirit has the characteristics of the sea animal it represents:

For instance, a person possessed by the spirit of the crocodile is slow but deadly.
The spirit of the octopus in a person makes that person very observant, storing information to use later. The Octopus is also a multitasker, able to use each of the eight legs for different purposes simultaneously.

The shark spirit in a person makes such an individual swift and deadly. This is a spirit that makes those they posses constantly seek for blood.

The Lord God we serve who alone can deliver a person from bondage will deliver you from the Marine Kingdom in the name of Jesus.

However, man does not need to be subject to the bondage of the marine kingdom. Bondage can only take effect when man allows fear to penetrate into his heart however the bible states in Romans 13:18 "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

Satan and his strongholds, including the marine kingom can only have an impact on a persons life to the extent that one allows fear. Fear is the foundational stone of Satan once you cast it out he cannot operate iin your life.

God is love, through Jesus he is the light of the world. Satan however, is darkness and cannot rule when the light of God's truth rules your heart.

To deal with spirit wife/husband just like any other issue select and memorise scriptures that assure you of dominion in Christ Jesus (in this case over the marine Kingdom.)
Also, search for and memorise scriptures that pertain to a believer dwelling in Christ in heaven (Ephesians 2:6) eternal life (John 6:47) and letting Jesus dwell in your heart by faith. (Ephesians 3:17)

Prayer Points
Every marine witchcraft that has introduced spirit wife husband in my dreams, be roasted by fire in the name of Jesus
Every agent of marine witchcraft posing as my husband/wife in the dream be consumed by fire in the name of Jesus.
Every agent of marine witchcraft physically attached to my marriage to frustrate it, die by fire in the name of Jesus.

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Romance › Re: Spirit Husband! by sprayer(m): 5:54pm On May 02, 2012

@ beck500

I quite understand the terrible and pitiable spiritual blackhole you have found yourself. It is sad indeed. This is a problem neither you nor the lady can be blamed for because often times, the people involved in spiritual marriages are not even aware they have a spirit spouse who is usually so jealous and spoils things for the actual physical/human spouse. This kind of problem affects even legally married human couples where the human wife experiences several miscarriages alongside financial problems on the part of the human husband.

So then, let us talk about the solution:

Since both yourself and your spouse are 'affected' (I prefer to use the word 'infected'), you need the WORD of God inn your lives to deliver you from this so called spirit parasites that has invaded your finances (and other areas,most likely).

This issue should not be taken lightly and you should both go for spiritual deliverance in a good church as soon as possible.

I POST BELOW,AN ARTICLE (WRITTEN BY PASTOR BODE AYODELE) WHICH YOU AND INDEED EVERYONE IN THESE SHOES ARE GOING TO FIND VERY USEFUL AND INSIGHTFUL:

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The Marine Kingdom: Deliverance from Spirit Husband and Spirit Wife
The Marine Kingdom is one of Satan’s most powerful strongholds. It is also the least understood of the three strongholds, the others being the heavens and earth.

The Lord in His love for man, when He created us gave us dominion and authority over these three areas:

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(Genesis 1:28)

When man sinned however, he handed over the dominion to the author of sin- Satan. In His mercy the Lord has provided a means for man to regain this dominion back through our Lord Jesus as we will examine in this message.

Back to the Marine Kingdom- there are certain facts about the water that make it so significant physically and spiritually. Below we examine a few of these from a bible perspective:

FACT 1: Only water and the Holy Spirit were prominent and existed in the beginning.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:3)

FACT 2: It takes the word of God to put water in its place.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (Genesis 1:9)

FACT 3: Water is dominating if not controlled.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:9-10)

The earth existed at that period but it was subdued and dominated by the waters!

FACT 4: Where water powers dominate nothing else is productive.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11– 12)

Earth could only start producing after it had been released from the dominion of the water. Prior to then though it existed it could not produce anything.

FACT 5: The earth could only accommodate man when water gave way.

FACT 6: The spirits within the waters are very competitive.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good- (Genesis 1:20-21.)

Prior to when the earth started to produce at the instruction of God the waters had not produced anything worthwhile. But when God told the waters to give way to the earth and told the earth to produce seed and herbs (as seen in Genesis 1:11) the waters were also ready to start producing. It was as if the waters were competing with the earth in showing off its ability to produce.

There are certain people who are productive but are dominated by powers and personalities who will not do anything worthwhile, and will not allow those that want to be productive to do so. But, as seen in this case, the moment such people are set free and allowed to release their full potential the dominating powers start to compete with them!

For instance, you work in a company. Every now and then you submit new ideas to your Head of Department(HOD.) The HOD realises that not only are your ideas good, you have the potential to run the department. Considering that the Managing Director has been compalining about his performance of recent, the HOD hides your proposal and refuses to submit it for implementation. Years later the Management moves you to the central office where your are in a position tocontribute more and be more productive. Around the same time your previous boss (who probably has more experience anyway) also starts to submit useful ideas and proposals (something he didn't do in the past)just to compete with you and make you less relevant!

FACT 7 :There are certain spirits that come from and reside within the waters!

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand wink

and were choked in the sea. (Mark 5:12)

In the preceding verses to those quoted above we are read:

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. (Mark 5:8-9)

A legion refers around 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. Here we are informed that as many spirits rushed into the sea. Since they could not dominate the land any longer they requested to go back to where they were from- the sea.

FACT 8: The waters have their own Princes.

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. (Ezekiel 26:16)

FACT 9 :The water has its own power.

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. (Zechariah 9:4)

FACT 10: A whole city was buried in the sea.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; (Ezekiel 26:19)

When one reads the bible carefully one will realise that the reports about the Bermuda Triangle and the lost city of the Atlantis are not just mere fiction after all!

FACT 11:The sea is a glory swallower- The glory of an entire city was swallowed up by the sea.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. (Ezekiel 27:27)

FACT 12: The Seas has its own wealth that it gives to those who serve it.

When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. (Ezekiel 27:33)

FACT 13: The sea can break and destroy ones business/enterprise.
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
(Ezekiel 27:34)

What we have established so far among other facts is that though the waters has it own controlling spirits and powers, these are all restricted and controlled by the word and power of God. However, an incident occurred that saw God remove this restriction. When man, who dominated the earth sinned, we read:

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. (Genesis 6:6-7)

When God decided to destroy the earth what did He use? He did not use fire; neither did he use his angels that reside within heaven. Rather, he used the water powers: we read:

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 7:18)

To prevail means to fight and overcome. In other words the Lord removed the restriction he had earlier placed upon the powers within the waters and allowed them to prevail (beat up and destroy, so to say) whatever was in the earth. This brings us to another fact:

FACT 14: When water and its powers are given unrestricted control it is destructive.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.21) And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:22) All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.23) And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark (Genesis 7: 18-23)

There is the saying that fire is a good friend but a terrible enemy. The same could be said about water. When allowed the water did not only destroy what the earth had produced, it destroyed the fruit of its own labour as well. Nothing was left out except for those in Noah’s ark. When you see a person who at one point is immensely wealthy then all of a sudden it seems everything disappears be assured it is these water powers that are at work.

Please take this prayer point: Everything that I have lost to the Marine kingdom be restored in the name of Jesus.

At the end of forty days and forty nights of continuous rain and flooding the Lord had mercy. He commanded the waters to return back to their original position and stopped the rains:

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. (Genesis 8:2-3)

However something else occurred, which many may not have realized. Remember, we stated that the waters initially covered the face of the earth. By being asked to flood the earth the water spirits saw it as their original abode and right.( Considering that initially at the beginning of creation the waters covered the face of the earth.)

Another issue is that for such spirits to dwell in the land they need to have a legal ground- a right to dwell in the land. These spirits are disembodied spirits. They seek to dwell within other bodies. It is in a bid to dwell in man that the issue of spirit spouse or what we call spirit husband and spirit wives originated.

Such spirits come out of the water to conduct spiritual marriages with man. By doing this they secure the right to live where man lives as well as return to the water at will. Today, we can see a preponderance of things in the land or in the midst of men that relate to the water. This is not a coincidence as such powers use this as a means of raising marine altars in the earth. This gives them a legal ground to dwell on earth amongst men. There is hardly any where you turn today that you will not come across something that relates to the water or Marine Kingdom:

Examples include:

Many names of countries, streets, villages and cities are derived from the water:

Nigeria, -derived from river Niger.
Cameroun, literally means land of shrimps
Jamaica- means wood and water or marshy land
Cyprus, -name of a sea god
Madrid- derived from the name of a major river( now a dried up river bed) in Spain.

Numerous corporate logos are images derived from the sea.
The image of Starbucks coffee is that of a siren, similar to a mermaid spirit which originates from the sea.
The image of the Nigerian ports Authority as well as images seen on numerous ships are those of the Mermaid.

we also have numerous images of sea animals and pictures dotting the land.

The bible clearly states that we are to destroy the images of strange gods. We are not to allow their names to come out of our lips. By allowing these images and names to cover the land we are actually erecting altars to powers from under the water.

FASHION
A Look at our fashion today reveals a lot of influence from these water spirits. Most dresses of women are designed to represent the tail of a fish. Where did such designs originate from?- from these powers under the sea. Some women go as far as putting fin like protruding cushions on their dresses to give them that greater fish- like looking effect.

A little female child starts off walking normally. With time however, she begins to develop a sway in her steps. The swaying to and fro of a woman when walking can be likened to the movement of the fish under the water. It is when these marine spirits enter into a person that such movements begin to manifest. The same can be said of men who, in some cases, walk in a determined movement that can be likened to that of a shark!

ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT THE MARINE KINGDOM

These sprits seek to live in and dominate Man (this is how they become sprit husbands/ wives,) animals or trees.
-Their man form of entry into man is via sexual intercourse and sexual related sins such as fornication, adultery, masturbation, lust, partner exchange, Pornography etc. Once any of these sexual sins are committed they have a legal ground to control the person.
-Once in, they cannot be forced out except, by the word of God spoken in the name and through the blood of Jesus. (Remember, only the word of God can deal with the powers under the water.)
- They deposit things in their victims and withdraw people’s virtues to under the sea.
-They have banks and strongholds under the water where such items are kept.
- They reinforce their captivity on people’s lives via dreams. (Anyone who constantly dreams of having sex is under the bondage and attack of such spirits.)

Effects
The effects of such spirits in a person’s life include:

Marital problems such as non marriage, late marriage etc
Financial difficulty.
Constant quarrels between husband and wife.
Sexual immorality and uncontrollable sexual urges and desires.
Shameful sexual habits and lustful thinking.
Marriage failure and divorce.
Bareness and miscarriages.

How to know if you have such problems
-Involvement in sexual sins
-Sex in the dreams
-Born besides and still attached to the riverside area.
-Seeing self by the river in the dreams.
-Love for things of the sea such as eating sea food, visiting the bar beach, playing with or wearing of jwelleries made of shells etc.
-Love for ornaments or jwelleries made of, or that are shaped in the form of creatures from the sea.
-Love for images and pictures that relate to, or are from under the sea.

The study of the spiritual aspect of the Marine kingdom is such a vast one that cannot really be exhausted. Other facts include that each sea animal has its own equivalent spirit that seeks to possess man. Thus we have the alligator spirit, the Crocodile spirit, the spirit of the Octopus, the spirit of the Shark and the Sea Monsters spirits etc.

Each spirit has the characteristics of the sea animal it represents:

For instance, a person possessed by the spirit of the crocodile is slow but deadly.
The spirit of the octopus in a person makes that person very observant, storing information to use later. The Octopus is also a multitasker, able to use each of the eight legs for different purposes simultaneously.

The shark spirit in a person makes such an individual swift and deadly. This is a spirit that makes those they posses constantly seek for blood.

The Lord God we serve who alone can deliver a person from bondage will deliver you from the Marine Kingdom in the name of Jesus.

However, man does not need to be subject to the bondage of the marine kingdom. Bondage can only take effect when man allows fear to penetrate into his heart however the bible states in Romans 13:18 "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

Satan and his strongholds, including the marine kingom can only have an impact on a persons life to the extent that one allows fear. Fear is the foundational stone of Satan once you cast it out he cannot operate iin your life.

God is love, through Jesus he is the light of the world. Satan however, is darkness and cannot rule when the light of God's truth rules your heart.

To deal with spirit wife/husband just like any other issue select and memorise scriptures that assure you of dominion in Christ Jesus (in this case over the marine Kingdom.)
Also, search for and memorise scriptures that pertain to a believer dwelling in Christ in heaven (Ephesians 2:6) eternal life (John 6:47) and letting Jesus dwell in your heart by faith. (Ephesians 3:17)

Prayer Points
Every marine witchcraft that has introduced spirit wife husband in my dreams, be roasted by fire in the name of Jesus
Every agent of marine witchcraft posing as my husband/wife in the dream be consumed by fire in the name of Jesus.
Every agent of marine witchcraft physically attached to my marriage to frustrate it, die by fire in the name of Jesus.

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